India is still working on sewer robots
When Jitender was a child in New Delhi, both his parents worked as manual scavengers—a job that involved clearing the […]
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Designing better products with AI and sustainability
On a mission to reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing components, Siemens turned its attention to the design of a
The Download: America’s drone brothers, and an upside of AI doomerism
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world
How these two brothers became go-to experts on America’s “mystery drone” invasion
On a Friday evening last December, every tier of US law enforcement—federal, state, and local—was dispatched to the US Army
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Open the pod bay doors, Claude
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The AI learns it is about to be switched off and goes
Power with purpose
Baafour Asiamah-Adjei ’03 is the founder and CEO of one of Ghana’s largest private power companies, Genser Energy—an entrepreneurial engineer
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How lidar measures the cost of climate disasters
The wildfires that swept through Los Angeles County in January 2025 left an indelible mark on the Southern California landscape.
Meet the researcher hosting a scientific conference by and for AI
In October, a new academic conference will debut that’s unlike any other. Agents4Science is a one-day online event that will
The case against humans in space
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are bitter rivals in the commercial space race, but they agree on one thing: Settling
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I gave the police access to my DNA—and maybe some of yours
Last year, I added my DNA profile to a private genealogical database, FamilyTreeDNA, and clicked “Yes” to allow the police